DUNEDIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 256, 3 September 1867, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) ; " August 24. The usual dramatic-performances in the * Princess Theatre have given place this - week to a series of concert by the Cararidini Family. Some four or five years ago - Madame Carandini played and sang: in the Princess ; but the daughters are new to the Dunedin stage. The troupe have been very well received, their certainly 7 high class performances producing quite. 1 " . a furo re among the audience. The Fire Brigade held their .usiiaT anniversary on Tuesday night, and were V rather fortunate in having had a fine day preceding, and consequently the streets were firm and dry. The .torchlight procession started about eight o'clock from ' the Engine-house, and perambulated -the principal streets. The engines were drawn by horses kindly provided by Messrs • - Hoyt and Co , and were nicely decorated with flags, #c. The appearance of .the C v procession as it came up: George street, . where a number of dazzling colored lights ■ / we're burnt, was very fine. The suppertook place in the room above the Engine- ..-- • house, and was conducted very merrily fill midnight. -■■!■', . . . '. The City Council met on Wednesday. ; One item of their business has given rise ' to a good deaj. of comment^ viz.j the appointment of one of their number to the" office of Master of Works,-at a salary of £200 a year. It is just possible this may ; have been done in order to get rid of the . . member in question, whos,e. orations are more noisy than convincing at times ; but there can be no doubt that Mr Barnes, as Oversee}? of Works, will do quite as good service, to the ratepayers as if in the,. Council. Meanwhile, he: resigns his Oouncillorship, and a new election is " galled for. in Bell Ward. A good many of those parties who bought leases of the Town Belt at the late sale have drawn, back, on account of the alteratums*uiade in the term of lease. A conversation took place on the Gas" Company Vnew Bill, ■but beyond a vague feeling of opposition nothing was done.. In the Assembly, the. Mayor has succeeded in having the Billu. thrown out on the standing orders. V ; The Consumer's Gas Company is still : on the tapis, and seems to be overcoming, the various preliminary difficulties -in the way. They promise a considerable re--duction in the price of- gas, frem 25s to. . 15. But as yet little has been, done in. the way of forming the company. The Acclimatisation Society are taking - active steps in preparing for the reception of the trout ova shortly expected' from Tasmania. Breeding ponds, &c, supplied with water from the Leith,. are to be, constructed. An unfortunate accident occurred yesterday to one of the Axis ~ deer lately sent to the Society. ' The animal in- question, a ; young.buck, was, very wild and spirited, and when the man _ m attendance was pushing food through the bars of the house in which the deer was confined, it -rushed at.the*ra, and butted furjously ; arid ou. repeating thecharge broke its rieck, and.fellvback ? deadj...\; The carcase of the deer is >o.be sold by..; auction to-day. . . ->• . - -- The libel case against the Daily Times - to which, t referred last week, terminated infavor of the paper. Proceedings before ; the Education Board are held to be privileged, the Board being -one regularly constituted by statute, which also requires, v all proceedings to be public. '..'-■*■ The Home mail via Suez arrived o.n Sunday morning, and the letters, &&Y were delivered in good time on Monday, allowing plenjy of opportunity of replies by the outgoing steamer, which left for- . Melbourne on Tuesday. „ . .; ; The barque Courser, from Boston, 113. days out, is at the Heads, with a cargo o| American fixins, chiefly consigned to her ajents, Messrs Bates, Sise and Co.: ■-„ A large addition has been made to cue Chinese population during the past weekv and they may now be seen at every street v corner; they are mostly ,fpr up-country, and are waiting a favorable change in the weather. The same cause also prevents any escort of gold, most of the roads being • still blocked more or less with snow; in-' deed, only the coast roads, north and - south, are open. On Thursday afternqojjv andevening, we had a heavy fall of snow, but .it had nearly disappeared by noon yesterday. Partly on account of the weather, ■ . business has been dull all week. The bakers raise the price of bread a penny per loaf on Monday. _.